James O'Keefe Busted

James O'Keefe, mastermind of the undercover ACORN sting, has been arrested as part of an alleged pot to interfere with the telephones in the New Orleans office of LA Senator Mary Landrieu (NY Times, WaPo, affidavit).

From the Times:

All four of the men arrested Monday in New Orleans, each in their mid-twenties, were charged with entering federal property under false pretenses with the intent of committing a felony, according to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

The men arrested were Mr. O’Keefe, 25, Joseph Basel, 24, Robert Flanagan, 24, and Stan Dai, 24, the affidavit stated. Mr. Flanagan is the son of William Flanagan, the interim United States Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana.

An affidavit signed by Steven Rayes, a special agent for the F.B.I., detailed parts of the operation, which began about 11 a.m. on Monday. Mr. Basel and Mr. Flanagan entered the building dressed in “blue denim pants, blue work shirts, light green fluorescent vests, tool belts, and construction-style hard hats.”

They said they were there to perform repair work on the telephone system, and later claimed they left their identification in their car.

Mr. O’Keefe was, at the time, already inside, according to the complaint, “holding a cellular phone so as to record” Mr. Basel and Mr. Flanagan.

Puzzling.  The obvious interpretation is that the four intended to bug the telephones; O'Keefe wanted some video to authenticate their final product.

The obvious problem - wiretapping is illegal, which makes publication awkward, and getting caught is dumb; I would have inferred from the ACORN sting that Mr. O'Keefe was far from dumb.

So one wonders - did they have some other venture in mind, such as an expose of shoddy security practices at Federal offices?  Hmm, if so their project took an unexpected turn.

I do note that the affidavit does not mention that the two faux repairmen were in possession of wiretapping equipment.  Just because it is not mentioned it does not follow that they weren't, but still.  The affidavit actually does not mention bugging per se but instead refers to "willfully and maliciously interfering with a telephone system".

It's all troublingly Kerry-esque.  We await the next plot twist.

Comments

[Porchlight]

The affidavit actually does not mention bugging per se but instead refers to "willfully and maliciously interfering with a telephone system".

Thank you for your accuracy, TM. Everyone is throwing around "wiretapping" but as of yet there is no evidence that a) that is what they were trying to accomplish, or b) that is what they were charged with.

Which is not to say it was excusable, or legal, or whatever. Just that as of yet we have no evidence that wiretapping was the goal here, or even that the FBI believes it was the goal.

[vinman]

true. . their intent may have been something more in line with their previous stings. But what, exactly? Seems we will likely learn more.

[clarice]

Well, at least the readers of mainstream media will now leaarn about O'Keefe..I'm sure they never heard of him before.

[Terry Gain]

Unlike the competency of Barack Obama the jury is still out on this. Whoever wrongly rushes to judgment has to buy the first round of beer (out of his/her own pocket).

[MikeS]

Seems like a pretty big risk to take. That is unless you think the payoff is going to be huge.

[Danube of Thought]

If they charge hm with intent to commit a felony, they surely have some particular felony in mind, and ultimately will have to say (and prove) what it is. I haven't a clue.

[DebinNC]

Andrew Breitbart on the O'Keefe arrest: LUN

Breitbart is the Dems' target.

[Jane]

I have the utmost confidence that this will be reported on with the same vigor used to report the ACORN story and the prosecution will mirror that of the Black Panthers.

Yeah right.

[windansea]

Activist James O'Keefe, 25, recorded two of the other suspects with his cell phone as they walked into the office dressed like telephone repairman and said they needed to fix problems with the phone system, according to an FBI affidavit.

A federal law enforcement official said one of the suspects was picked up in a car a couple of blocks away with a listening device that could pick up transmissions. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the information was not part of an FBI affidavit that described the circumstances of the case.

O'Keefe said "veritas," Latin for truth, as he left a suburban jail Tuesday with suspects Stan Dai and Joseph Basel, both 24. All declined to comment.

"There will be a time for that," Dai said.

As he got into a cab outside the jail, O'Keefe said, "The truth shall set me free." His biography on a Web site where he blogs says he works at VeritasVisuals.com, though that Web site does not currently work.

The fourth suspect, Robert Flanagan, the son of Shreveport-based acting U.S. Attorney Bill Flanagan, was not with them. It was not immediately known if he had already been released on the $10,000 bail set for each suspect.

[Dumbledore]

You've got to love this part:

"..one of the suspects was picked up in a car a couple of blocks away with a listening device that could pick up transmissions."

It sounds so insidious. But really _every_ car has a listening device that can pick up transmissions.

[windansea]

hmmmmm...

One Stan Dai was listed as the Assistant Director of the The Intelligence Community Center of Academic Excellence (ICCAE) at Trinity (Washington) University. The ICAE prepares young people for careers in intelligence. • Mr. Dai was the first Assistant Director of the Intelligence Community Center of Academic Excellence at Trinity in D.C. • Prior to that, he served as the Operations Officer of a Department of Defense irregular warfare fellowship program.

[matt]

Some thoughts on the media's hypocrisy. LUN

I am amazed that we have an FBI that can arrest and indict faster than the Underpants Bomber and a media that has made it the lede on every network and above the fold in most major newspapers. The bias, faux outrage, and chutzpah is stunning.

[clarice]

I am beginning o suspect that this was not a wiretapping case, that the group was setting up devises to record and video conversations (as it did in the ACORN offices) and had entered to test the systems.
Now, they may be in some minor trouble for entering a federal bldg under false pretenses, but I do not see wiretapping as a definite possibility.

[windansea]

All four were charged with entering federal property under false pretenses for the purpose of committing a felony

JOM legal team can explain what this means.

Anyway, this will make a nice chew toy for the hyenas as they try to overcome their grief over obamacare

[clarice]

*deviCes**

[Porchlight]

Anyway, this will make a nice chew toy for the hyenas as they try to overcome their grief over obamacare

Something that they desperately need after last week.

Meanwhile, Barry is also desperate for a leg up from his SOTU speech tomorrow night. Will an O'Keefe-obsessed media give it to him? My thinking is that he may not necessarily benefit from the distraction.

[windansea]

I don't think this kerfluffle will give Obama cover for anything

"hey, the economy is imploding and we're spending trillions, but they caught that acorn guy"

[windansea]

Public:

what acorn guy?

[windansea]

Everyone is safe and released. Veritas.
about 2 hours ago from web
JEBasel
Joseph E Basel

[MarkO]

Either incredibly stupid or the result of overreaching by the authorities.

I'm guessing stupid.

[scott]

Asymetric warfare indeed.

Outside the box.

[windansea]

looks like this is same Stan Dai (the guy with listening device outside) There is a photo of him if you follow links and I just saw him on Fox...same guy

One Stan Dai was listed as the Assistant Director of the The Intelligence Community Center of Academic Excellence (ICCAE) at Trinity (Washington) University. The ICCAE says it prepares young people for careers in intelligence.

B. Career History• Mr. Dai has been involved in JSA since 2001: after attending summer school at Yale, he founded the JSA chapter at Naperville North, served in various Midwest region positions, and was a resident assistant at Georgetown.

• Mr. Dai was the first Assistant Director of the Intelligence Community Center of Academic Excellence at Trinity in D.C.
• Prior to that, he served as the Operations Officer of a Department of Defense irregular warfare fellowship program.

• Mr. Dai graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the George Washington University. He was the editor-in-chief of The GW Patriot, an alternative conservative student newspaper, a Club 100 Activist of Young America’s Foundation, and an Undergraduate Fellow on Terrorism of the Foundation for the Defense of the Democracies.

link

[Danube of Thought]

Looks like this young man has done very stupid thing.

[narciso]

Matt it does seem that he meets Napolitano's DHS profile to a tee, with the possible exception of the diversity argument, (Thai or Vietnamese)former military, apparently a believer in the 'war on terror', not 'man caused disasters'

[clarice]

If they were trying to bug her offices why were there no charges in the affidavit respecting bugging equipment?
As I recall when Frank's was asked about how he videoed the ACORN stuff he fudged but it seemed he had minuscule audio/video recording equipment hidden in his and his colleague's person.

[Danube of Thought]

Barone:

"Many people ask me whether the Democrats are in as much trouble as they were in 1994. The numbers suggest they are in much deeper trouble, at least at this moment. Back in 1994 I wrote the first article in a nonpartisan publication suggesting that the Republicans had a serious chance to win the 40 seats necessary for a majority in the House. That article appeared in U.S. News & World Report in July 1994.
This year political handicapper Charlie Cook is writing in January, six months earlier in the cycle, that Republicans once again would capture the 40 seats they need for a majority if the House elections were held today. I concur. The generic vote question -- which party's candidates would you vote for in House elections -- is at least as favorable to Republicans as it was in the last month before the election in 1994."

[narciso]

The story raises more questions, than it answers, and so does the indictment, how did
O'Keefe arrive there, how did they happen to
get there, how did they get past without ID,
is security that lax, in Federal buildings.

[scott]

I don't think an investigative filmmaker, a student of irregular warfare and the son of a sitting US attorney were pulling a Benny Hill style phone repair caper.

Although I don't agree with whatever it was they did I'm curious as to what they are doing right now.

[matt]

something just went down in my industry that is interesting. The Kucheras (Murtha's grafters) just sold their company to a guy I know, I'm going to guess at a big discount.

I wonder if the hammer is going to come down on Murtha and his enablers now.

[Dan]

Up next, wall to wall coverage by the same media outlets that have ignored everything O'Keefe has done up to now.

[windansea]

OT but ha!

The online news site, newsmax.com, reported that Obama leads Brown by 46.5 percent to 44.6 percent among the 4,163 respondents in a poll with a plus or minus 1.5 percent margin of error. Independent voters, who helped propel Obama into office in 2008, favor Brown 48.6 percent to 36 percent.

[Sara (Pal2Pal)]

It sounds like they were at Landrieu's District office and not at her Washington, DC Legislative office. It seems odd that a District office, which normally handles constituent service and has a steady stream of public visitors, would be in a Federal building. Perhaps a constituent office becomes "federal property" no matter what building it is in, like embassies are sovereign for the country they represent.

The Congresswoman I worked for paid for her two constituent services offices out of her general operating budget same as DC, the campaign office was paid for by campaign operating funds. The two satellite constituent service offices were in rented office space and in the case of the campaign office, in a house that had been converted to an office. None were Federal buildings, except in DC.

[narciso]

Yeah, Chris was already getting the WAtergate tingle, and David Corn was egging him on, or vice versa

[Dave (in MA)]

If found guilty, O'Keefe should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law and sentenced to art therapy classes.

[Jim Ryan]

Barack Obama has yet to make a significant contribution to the American nation. We could say Obama only ate and s (expletive) in the White House.

FTFY.

[Danube of Thought]

The film on Greta suggests that the office is in the Hale Boggs federal building, I believe in New Orleans (as opposed to Baton Rouge).

[bgates]

Jim,
Barack Obama has yet to make a significant contribution. We could say Obama only ate in the White House and s (expletive) on the American nation.

[daddy]

OT,

A visiting Irishman today on a local talk show, after having dealt with Enviro's, AGW, our Health Care debates, our lefty paper's editorials, etc made the following great comment:

"Before I came to America I was told Republican's tried to control everything in the bedroom. Well now I've found out your Democrats try to control everything in every other room in your houses---including the lightbulbs."

[Sara (Pal2Pal)]

What were they trying to catch this office doing? Why would James be cellphone recording and/or videoing the two guys coming in, and if they were just coming in, had they had time to do whatever it was they were there to do?

detailed parts of the operation, which began about 11 a.m. on Monday. Mr. Basel and Mr. Flanagan entered the building dressed in “blue denim pants, blue work shirts, light green fluorescent vests, tool belts, and construction-style hard hats.”

They said they were there to perform repair work on the telephone system, and later claimed they left their identification in their car.

Mr. O’Keefe was, at the time, already inside, according to the complaint, “holding a cellular phone so as to record” Mr. Basel and Mr. Flanagan.

What is the actual crime? Entering a building in a disguise without ID; then how did you get in the building? Recording your friends trying to get into the building in a disguise and without ID?

It doesn't even sound like they got to Landrieu's office. Don't most federal buildings have their metal detectors and guards clearing entrants at the entries to the building, not to each individual office suite?

Something's missing here.

[RichatUF]

A set up?

[Sara (Pal2Pal)]

MSM Leaping to Conclusions — While Big Government Waits for Facts

[bgates]

The Golden Touch continues.

SportsCenter reports that B+ called the U Kentucky basketball team (ranked #1 in the country) before their game this evening against unranked South Carolina.

Carolina 68, UK 62. First Carolina victory over a top-ranked team ever*.

The SportsCenter anchor - a black man working in journalism - quipped, "the next coach the President calls may hang up on him".

*Which makes it historic! And unprecedented!

[Jim Ryan]

Ripple isn’t just Fred Sanford’s favorite beverage. Heh.

[Janet]

Matt makes a great point in his blog article...
"We do not know the whole story. It will all come out over the next few weeks. But you can bet that if it does not play the way the media wants it to, the story will fade quicker than Al Gore’s carbon offset billions."

An over-the-top beat down of O'Keefe may not play the way the MSM wants.

[Jack is Back!]

Still waiting for the comparisons to Watergate, plumbers, ex-CIA agents, cubans and paranoid politicians. Some how, some way, the MSM will find out how to spin it in that direction.

[Jane]

Is it too early to determine the drinking words for tonite.

I nominate "inherited" and "fight".

[Porchlight]

I'll play, Jane..."clear" is one that Axelrod's been using a lot lately.

[danoso]

Can't see how he'll get in any real trouble over this, it's not there's not precedence. The Florida couple caught taping Newt's calls a while back paid a $5K fine, and McDermott is still in the House last I checked.

[Janet]

Obama will be using inherited, fight, and clear...while the MSM will use what? feisty?

[danoso]

Arrrgh! proof read, you dope...

"not like there isn't precedence."

[Melinda Romanoff]

Jane-

If you use either one of those as a shot inducer, somebody will be face down on the coffee table within the first twenty minutes.

Me? I intend to play "Beerhunter". (LUN)

[Janet]

exactly danoso...I'm all for laws, and equal enforcement. It is not clear these days which laws are enforced and which group has to obey them. McDermott, Sandy Berger, illegal immigrants, Tim Geithner, Rangel,?????

[Jack is Back!]

Don't forget to print your Obama Bingo cards.

[Janet]

How about the word "I"....face down on the coffee table within 5 minutes!

LUN video Obama uses the word "I" 132 times.

[Melinda Romanoff]

My video is a classic, Janet.

Yours? Well....

[centralcal]

According to Politico Gibbs told Good Morning America this about Obama's SOTU plans:

But, he added: "The president's going to explain why he thinks the American people are angry and frustrated."

That should be quite entertaining, since the "anger" and "frustration" are on roads that lead to HIM, Harry Reid, and Nancy Pelosi.

[Janet]

Hahaha...actually, I'm not a drinker but I will have my face down on the coffee table from the get-go just so I don't have to look at Obama!

[Jane]

"The president's going to explain why he thinks the American people are angry and frustrated."

Perhaps he should put a mirror next to TOTUS.

[jwest]

One thing that seems certain is that James O’Keefe and the son of a U.S. Attorney wouldn’t try something this stupid on a blind fishing expedition.

There must be something fairly big that they thought they could learn/verify by doing whatever it was they were doing in that office.

As far as public relations go, unless O’Keefe was working on the instructions or with the knowledge of a name conservative, the fallout could be worse for Landrieu. O’Keefe has already been established as an independent “lone wolf” new age journalist. Once information leaks as to what they were trying to accomplish in her office, the taint may damage her more.

[narciso]

CNN, which is now coming around to criticizing
the stimulus, (a day late and a dollar short)
was trying to make boardwalk resurfacing on
Rehoboth beach seem relevant, this morning.

[Janet]

Totally unrelated to anything....
Horror: Blobfish Nearing Extinction LUN

That nickle tax on plastic bags in DC is coming just in time.

[tea anyone]

Aww geez Janet I was trying to eat my breakfast.

[centralcal]

Okay drinkers, even Puff Ho is getting in on the action. Actually, their game has some pretty good "triggers."

Huffington Post SOTU Drinking Game

I especially like this one: "When Nancy Pelosi claps like a seal."

[Janet]

LUN Big Government - wait until the facts are in...MSM jumping to conclusions.

"And yet Carol Leonnig, in a story in Wednesday’s Washington Post writes in her lede:

The conservative young filmmaker whose undercover sting damaged a liberal activist group last year faces federal criminal charges in an alleged plot to bug the New Orleans office of Sen. Mary Landrieu

In other words, speculation is rampant, but facts are few. And basic logic suggests that there’s much more to this story since there is so little information.

Leonnig, as you may remember, is the reporter who was forced to retract the false and libelous accusation that O’Keefe was motivated by racism in his ACORN sting."

[Sue]

Is it too early to determine the drinking words for tonite.

A three letter word...J-O-B-S.

[narciso]

Wasn't she also one of the reporters on the Plame beatification, I forget the other one
at the Post. So it would appear that O'Keefe
was already in the building, on an appointment. which seems odd they would let
with 100 meters of any Democratic official,

[centralcal]

heh, Sue.

[Sue]

I can't imagine what they were doing in Landrieu's office.

[Rick Ballard]

I'm just hoping that Brown has a prominent seat in the 'visitor' gallery. Well, I'm also hoping that at least ten 'visitors' have leather lungs and the ability to clearly articulate the phrase 'YOU LIE!'. Sequentially, of course.

[Sue]

My local radio station asked the question, what do you want to hear the president say. Callers first choice..."I resign, effective immediately". Kind of funny. The second funniest one was "Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi are missing".

[Janet]

Yeah tea anyone, he's challenged in the looks department...maybe evolution is true...that blobfish looks like a plastic grocery bag filled with water that sprouted fins.

[Sue]

The radio hosts are taking shots when Obama says "let me be clear" and "make no mistake". 2 shots each time Joe Wilson's yells "you lie".

Obama has really become a joke.

[Danube of Thought]

Whatever they were after, it seems very clear to me that they didn't think it through. Doing anything wiggy on federal property is not smart.

[Jack is Back!]

Instead of "You Lie", someone on Rush yesterday suggested they just laugh, break out in hilarity whenever he mentions his agenda and plans.

RE: O'Keefe. I think it will turn out that it has something to do with Landreiu and corruption which go hand in hand in Louisiana. Lots of federal dollars flowing into that state for Katrina reconstruction. She pimped her vote on healthcare and is not beyond doing a "Jefferson".

[DebinNC]

I wonder which cabinet member will be the "designated survivor" and not there tonight? Whose face engenders the highest negative reaction from viewers...Holder? Geithner? Napolitano?

[narciso]

Looks like that mutant fish on the Simpson, or it could be like Doug Adams, comment on the Vogons 'evolution just looked upon them, and just gave up"

But it is odd, how a week has gone by, and not only has he not been seated yet, but there
is seemingly no pressure to do so, He's meeting with malaprop Mayor Menino today.

[Sue]

Mark Davis, WBAP, has a game for Janet. Every time Obama says "terrorist", take a shot. You will remain a teetotaler.

[centralcal]

I love it that the Kentucky basketball team loss came after Obama did his photo op schtick and now coaches for all sports are being advised to not take any calls from the President. /snort

[clarice]

I received an email from PUK's friend, Mike Butler, who says PUK's obit is finally in the Guardian. I'll search for a link.

[Rob Crawford]

Still waiting for the comparisons to Watergate

They're over at Hotair. Being made by self-proclaimed "conservatives". Who follow that up with a wail of anguish and doubt that the "movement" can survive.

I swear, that site must be 50% concern troll.

[Sue]

I just saw over at Hot Air that Toomey is up 14 over Specter, 45-31. How appropriate is it that Specter jumped ship to the democrats when democrats were riding high only to see them crash and burn? If Specter had remained a republican, he probably would have been re-elected. Sweet. ::grin::

[Sue]

Rob,

Allah attracts a lot of eyeores. Since he is one himself.

[clarice]

Here's PUK's obit from the Guardian:

His discography is scant – Yes I Do, a 1963 Decca single by Peter Maclaine and the Clan, and Goodbye Brains, a 1972 LP by Coley, the saxophonist Barry Cole's group. Since Bocking's death, some private recordings made with the singer Kate Fox have surfaced on the web. It is not a lot for a lifetime in music. Yet Bocking, born in Withington and educated at Burnage grammer school, was an essential part of Manchester music – an instinctive jazz guitarist in the midst of Merseybeat.

The record that set him on the jazz path was Goofin' Around, by Bill Haley & his Comets, a showcase for the band's lead guitarist, Franny Beecher. Another formative influence was the guitarist James Burton, as heard on the Everly Brothers' records. Over in Salford, Don and Phil Everly were role models for the Two Teens – Graham Nash and Allan Clarke. In 1959, the Two Teens joined forces with Johnny Peters and the Jets to become the Fourtones, with Bocking to the fore.

But before success came to that group under the name the Hollies, Bocking had left to form the Pete Bocking Six. With typical disregard for literalism, the lineup expanded to include multiple saxophonists and bassists. The Six supported the Beatles at the Oasis club in Manchester in December, 1962.

After six months in hospital with ankylosing spondylitis in 1963, Bocking drifted into session work and palais bands, and was the featured guitarist in Lonnie Donegan's touring band in 1972. By the mid-80s, live work had been supplanted by teaching (the future jazz star Mike Outram was one of his pupils), and few heard the mature Bocking style – a mixture of clear, swinging articulation and Debussy-like impressionism, with the guitarist playing bass, vamps and melody all at once.

Yet his wider fame rested on non-musical talents. His death was greeted with an outpouring of grief from US blog sites, where PeterUK's contributions were legendary. For example, on the Is-Barack-a-black-Lincoln? debate: "There is some European socialist in him, so perhaps he is a Lincoln Continental." PeterUK's comments have since been gathered on several sites. In a way, Bocking surpassed the Beatles' achievement: he conquered America without ever leaving his armchair.

Peter married and divorced twice, was predeceased by his mother, Harriet, in 2003, and leaves no family.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2010/jan/26/peter-bocking-obituary

[narciso]

Only the Green Room stuff is any good, over there, the better part of which is linked
at Zombie Contentions. Remember Sue, the NRSC
was willing to hang on to Specter, way past his 'sell by date'

So our 'good friend' Dana Priest, is busy burning operations in Yemen, I guess Adm. McRaven isn't evil anymore for Olbermann, in the LUN

[Jim Ryan]

Brainiac Clinton was able to climb out of his 1994 hole to high approval ratings. Obama doesn't have the brains to pull that off and even if he had Clinton's IQ he can't reverse the damage to the economy soon enough to do so. His recent mumbling about reducing the deficit may be all he can muster in this regard. I think 2010 will be simply a second act of this Three Stooges Show. Lord knows Nancy and Harry won't smarten up. Will Zero? Doubt it.

[Danube of Thought]

Bless his soul.

[Sue]

"There is some European socialist in him, so perhaps he is a Lincoln Continental."

Why couldn't Peter have lived long enough to see Obama become a joke? Just a few months would have been enough. I feel like spouting the ending lines in Planet of the Apes.

::sigh:: Rest easy, Peter. Rest easy.

[Jim Ryan]

Wow, Clarice, thanks.

Multiple bassists. Pretty aggressively creative. Very PeterUK.

I see he was a jazz player from the start. That's a piece of the puzzle.

[clarice]

I thanked his friend Mike Butler who wrote this for bringing it to our attention. It is a very charming piece I think.

[Porchlight]

Thank you, clarice. That was great to read, especially about the US blogs' reaction to Peter's passing.

I wish I'd known before that Peter's mother's name was Harriet. That is my daughter's name. I know he was very close to his mom - I'm proud that my daughter shares her name.

Sure miss that guy. I wish he was here to see Obama fall down go boom too, Sue...and he would have been brilliant on Climategate, too.

[Old Lurker]

I see on Drudge that good ole Lindsey Graham and Kerry have a new Cap & Tax scheme they want for us.

Tone deaf much?

[Janet]

Thanks for the link Clarice. Nice picture with the article too.

narciso - the new Big Journalism site should do a piece on Dana Priest and her husband William Goodfellow, a Center for International Policy guy. LUN

[Jim Ryan]

OL, here's Lindsey Graham:

"I think you've got to price carbon," he said. "You can have a hybrid system of emission controls and taxes."

Get rid of this clown, SC.

[Captain Hate]

I see he was a jazz player from the start. That's a piece of the puzzle.

I could tell from the little snippets he would drop while still adhering to his characteristic modesty that his talents went way beyond the rock genre.

[Rob Crawford]

"I think you've got to price carbon,"

Here ya go: $12.59 a pound. Have fun, Lindsey.

[Appalled]

Since the conversation is back to PUK, take a look at the LUN, showing him practicing his craft.

[Captain Hate]

Obama has really become a joke.

This will wound the street punk far more than anything has thus far and will bring on the anticipated meltdown. Maybe even the gap-toothed idiot Letterman will find something funny...

[narciso]

No, you still have to deal with him for another five years, unless he 'goes Appalachian trail, down the Patagonian way'
BW, in the LUN, how does that Clapton song
go, "The Thrill is Gone"

[Melinda Romanoff]

There already are TWO markets for Carbon already, one is open, the other run by a cartel. He's welcome to dictate prices, as best he can, in either one. I'm sure he'll be welcomed with open arms in either the coal or diamond markets.

Dope.

[Danube of Thought]

Loved the video, and rated it a five.